Quoted from PinballSTAR:

PinballSTAR show games for sale at York..
With the end of our 2017 show season with York we will be selling a few of our basically NIB condition show games. Contact me at [email protected] for pricing. Get a chance at a few games not readily available or at a nice discount - which one applies depends on the game. Show games must stay til show close Sat 6pm. Games must be paid in full to reserve them. First come first served.
Show games available :
Medieval Madness Remake Standard
Attack From Mars Remake Special
Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary
I also do expect we will have a few NIB Medieval Madness Remakes available for delivery to the show - reserve your game now before they are gone... Chicago Gaming is starting the short MMR run in next few weeks.
We will also have NIB WOZ 75 and (2) Rob Zombie Standard NIB available as well - most likely will not bring without being pre-sold.
We are also taking pre-orders for Invisiglass - Standard and Widebody. Discounts for quantities of 3 or more. We will only be bringing what is pre-sold / pre-paid. Free Delivery to show.
Joe Newhart
PinballSTAR Amusements

Quoted from Pinphila:

The only discount I have ever seen is free shipping and that was at expo in Chicago. They don't deal.

Quoted from drunkbaby:

Square peg, round hole. You're pleading to people on a website whose primary purpose and livelihood is built around hobbyists buying and selling pinball. Pinside is just a massive, digital (shit)show, afterall. The shows are awesome but in the end it's just something to do for the sake of doing it, and that I think is where you lose participation.
This is probably a dumb idea, but why not use the games for how they were meant? Charge people to put games on the floor, activate the coin mechs, and let the public come and go as they please. Vendors get more foot traffic, players get to spend as much time and money as they want, the show gets a fixed-ish budget to control costs, and collectors have a reason to put and keep games on the floor other than the sake of the pinball spirit. What am I missing?

Quoted from drunkbaby:

Change machines, bring your own quarters, dollar acceptors, rob your kids piggy bank.

The same people patrolling the show making sure everyone paid to be in there and aren't breaking rules, causing trouble, etc. Or a no refund policy. Is it fair to say most people that put their games there are going to present at the show? It's not out of the realm that the contact info that is already on the game can be used to deal with those issues.

True, tax loopholes strike again. You're essentially just shuffling money around to call it something different, anyway. Is Timeline arcade not an arcade because everything is set to free play, but it cost money to get through the door? I'm interested to know why you think attendance would drop 50% if the show were free to walk into and explore at will.

Quoted from rmarket:

The issue with extending Saturday is that it takes us 3- 4 hours (if all goes well) to pack up. If we are in the building past 12 we would end up paying for a Sunday rental.
The majority of vendors and people that bring games are facing a 2 + hour drive home. A later time would force them into another night at a motel.
We had exactly 3 admissions after 3 PM on Saturday, so the general public is definitely not interested in being there late either.